Pressing-machine.



H. LINDESTROM.

PRESSING MAUHINE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT.2,1911.

Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

WITNESSES IN VENTOR Wm. M

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0, WASHINGTON. D. C.

HJALMAR LINDESTROM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PRESSINGr-MAOHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 16, 1912.

Application filed September 2, 1911. Serial No. 647,325.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HJALMAR LINDE- STROM, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPressing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to machines to be used for pressing clothand garments, the pressure thereof being exerted by the operator andtransmitted to the pressing iron through suitable transmissionmechanism, and it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction,novel arrangement, and operation of the various parts thereof, as willbe hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a machine of theabove named general character, which shall be of such construction as toenable the frame thereof to be compact or reduced in size, and so thatgreat leverage power may be exerted on the pressing iron with a minimumeflort by the operator.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the machine that itsparts may be suitably adjusted to attain the desiredpressure on thegarments or cloth.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in thesubjoined description and explanation.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which the inventionpertains, to makeand use the same, I will now proceed to describe itreferring to the accompanying drawings in which-- Figure 1, is a view inside elevation of a pressing machine embodying the invention, and Fig.2, is a plan sectional view taken on line 22, of Fig. 1, looking in thedirection indicated by the arrows.

Like numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout thedifferent views of the drawing.

The reference numeral 10, designates the main or supporting frame, as awhole, which frame consists of two upright sides 11, and 12, of the sameconstruction, which are spaced apart in parallelism with one another andare connected together at their lower portions by transverse bars 13,and at their upper portions by means of a platform 14, used forsupporting the cloth or garments to be pressed. As is clearly shown inFig. 1, of the drawing, the side pieces 11, and 12, of the frame, areprovided at their rear upper portions with upward extensions 15, betweenwhich the head 16, of the iron carrying support is fulcrumed orpivotally mounted. This head is provided with two vertical openings 17,and 18, the former being for the reception of the upright part 19, ofthe iron carrying support, and the latter for the reception of a rod 20,used for securing the laterally disposed arms 21, and 22, of saidsupport to the head. The upper portion of the upright 19, is extendedthrough the opening 17, of the head and may be se cured therein in anysuitable manner, and said head has on its rear portion a transversetubular member 23, through which a pin 24, is passed, which pin is alsoextended through the upper portion of the extensions 15, of the mainframe. As shown, the arms 21, and 22, extend forwardly from the head 16,and are connected at their front ends by means of a block or piece 25,which is interposed between said arms and is provided with an opening toreceive a sliding arm 26, which has on its front end a downwardlydepending knob 27 on which an iron 27*, of suitable construction may bemounted, but preferably, so as to have substantially universal movementthereon. The arms 21, and 22, are pivotally connected by means of a rod20, to the head 16, so that they may be swung to either side.

Mounted on the lower portion of the upright 19, of the iron carryingsupport is a foot 28, which is provided with a vertical opening 29,surrounded by a boss 30, at one of its ends. The lower end of theupright 19, is located in the opening 29, and may be secured in thedesired position therein by means of a bolt 31, extended throu h saidboss or a portion of the foot if esired. This foot has a series oftransversely disposed openings 32, to be used in connection with a pinfor adjusting it on the foot lever, which as is clearly shown in Fig. 2,of the drawings, is enlarged at its rear portion and is provided with alongitudinally extended slot 33, in the rear end of which the foot orblock 28, is loosely located. The rear portion of the foot lever whichis designated as a whole by the numeral 34, is provided on each of itssides with openings to receive a pivot in 36, which is passed throughone set 0 the openings 32, in the foot or block 28, and is used forpivotally connecting said block or foot to the lever 34, and therebyuniting the upright 19, of the iron carrying support to said lever. Thelever 34, is provided at about its middle portion with two forwardlyextended lugs 37-, between which is pivotally secured the upper portionof the crank 38, which preferably has at the lower end of each of itsarms 39, a laterally disposed tubular extension 40, to receive a pivotpin 41, which is passed through a suitable opening in said extension andsecured at 1ts ends to the lower portion of the sides 11, and 12, of themain or supporting frame, as will be readily understood by reference toFigs. 1, and 2, of the drawing. Projecting upwardly from the frontportion of the enlarged part of the lever 34, and extending forwardly ofthe main frame and between the sides 11, and 12, thereof, is anextension 42, which has on its free end a treadle 43, for the foot ofthe operator. Near its front end the extension 42, is provided with atransversely extended guard 44, which fits snugly between the sidepieces 11, and 12, so as to prevent lateral movement of the foot lever,yet so as to permit of its free vertical movement. Connected at one ofits ends to the rear portion of the extension 42, of the foot lever is aspring 46, which is connected at its other end to a portion of the mainframe above said lever,

' and said spring is used for the purpose of retracting the lever 34,from its depressed to its normal position.

From the foregoing and by reference to the drawing, it will be readilyunderstood and clearly seen, that when the parts are assembled as shownin Fig. l, of the drawing, the iron carrying support consisting of theupright 19, head 16, arms 21, and 22, and slidlng arm 26, can beoperated so as to create great pressure on the ironing board or platform14, through the iron, by simply placing the foot of theoperator on thetreadle 43, and pressing downwardly on the same, in which operation itis apparent that as the arms 39, are pivotally connected to the footlever as well as to the frame of the machine, they will act somewhatlike a toggle and force the upright 19, from the position shown bycontinuous lines in Fig. 1, rearwardly, to about the position shown bydotted lines in said figure, so as to produce great leverage at theouter end of the sliding arm 26, on which the iron is supported. It isfurther apparent that as the block or foot 28, on the lower portion ofthe upri 'ht 19, is pivotally and adjustably secure on the rear portionof the foot lever 34, the degree of pressure applied to the ironmay beregulated by shifting the i pivot pin 36, from one set to another set ofthe openings 32, in the foot 28, and from one set of the openings 35, toanother set in the rear portion of the foot or operating lever. It isalso manifest, that the rear slotted portion of the foot lever 34, aswell as the horizontally disposed foot 28, can be of any desired length,and may extend rearwardlyfrom the back portion of the upright to anydesired point, which arrangement will permit of the frame beingcomparatively small in size, yet will permit of considerable adjustmentof the'upright part of the iron-carrying-support.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a pressing machine, the combinationwith a frame, of an iron-carrying-support fulcrumed on the upper portionthereof and having an upright portion located between the sides of theframe, a foot adjustably se' cured on the lower portion of said upright,a foot lever adj ustably and pivotally connected near one of its ends tosaid foot and extended forwardly'between the sides of the frame, aconnection pivotally secured at one of its ends to the lower portion ofthe frame and beneath the foot lever and similarly connected at itsother end to a portion of the foot lever rearwardly of the firstmentioned end of said connection.

2. In a pressing machine, the combination with a frame, of aniron-carrying-support fulcrumed on the upper portion thereof and havingan upright portion located between the sides of the frame, a footsecured on the lower portion of said upright, a foot lever pivotally andadjustably connected near one of its ends to said foot and extendedforwardly between the sides of the frame, a

connection pivotally secured at one of its ends to the lower portion ofthe frame and beneath the foot lever and similarly connected at itsother end to a portion of the foot lever rearwardly of the firstmentioned end of said connection, and means, to raise guard near itsfront end, a connect-ion piv- .1

otally secured at one of its ends to the lower portion of the frame andbeneath the foot lever and similarly connected at its other end to aportion of the foot lever rearwardly of its point of connection with theframe,

and a spring secured at one of its ends to said lever and at its otherend to the frame above the lever.

4. In a pressing machine, the combination with a frame, of aniron-carrying-support fulcrumed on the upper portion thereof and havingan upright portion located between the sides of the frame, ahorizontally disposed foot secured on the lower portion of said uprightand having one or more sets of transversely and horizontally disposedopenings therein, a foot lever having one or more transversely andhorizontally disposed sets of openings near one of its ends and extendedforwardly between the sides of the frame, a pin extended through one ofthe sets of openings of the foot lever and one of the sets of openingsof said foot to pivotally connect them together, a transversely disposedguard on the foot lever near one of its ends and between the sides ofthe frame, a connection pivotally secured at one of its ends to thelower portion of the frame and below the foot lever and at its other endto a portion of said lever, and a spring secured at one of its ends tosaid lever and at its other end to the frame above the lever for thepurpose of retracting the latter to its normal posit-ion.

5. In a pressing machine, the combination with a frame, of aniron-carrying-support fulcrumed on the upper portion thereof and havingan upright portion located between the sides of the frame, a footsecured on the lower portion of said upright and having a horizontallydisposed portion provided with one or more transversely and horizontallydisposed sets of openings, a foot lever pivotally connected to said footand located between the lower portion of the sidesof the frame andhaving in its rear portion a longitudinally extended slot and providednear its rear end with one or more transversely disposed sets ofopenings, the said foot and lower portion of the upright part of theiron-carrying-support being located in the slot of the foot lever, atransversely disposed guard on said lever near one of its ends, lugs onsaid lever near its middle portion, a connection pivotally secured atone of its ends to the lower portion of the frame forwardly of said lugsand at its other end to the lugs, and means to raise the lever from itsdepressed position.

6. In a pressing machine, the combination with a frame, of anironcarrying-support fulcrumed on the upper portion thereof and havingan upright portion located between the sides of the frame, ahorizontally disposed foot secured to the lower portion of said upright,a foot lever pivotally secured to said foot and located between thelower portion of the sides of the frame and having in its rear portion alongitudinally extended slot, said foot and lower portion of the uprightpart of the iron-carrying-support being located in the slot of the footlever, lugs on said lever near its middle portion, a crank pivotallysecured at one of its ends to the lower portion of the frame forwardlyof said lugs and at its other end to the lugs, and means to raise thelever from its depressed position.

HJALMAR LINDESTBOM.

Witnesses:

CHAS. G. TILLMAN, E. NEWSTROM.

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